Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Drone shorter link

I imagine the NSA will be finding this thread very interesting...

D.

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On Aug 15, 2013 6:52 PM, "John Beck" <jb30343@windstream.net> wrote:
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> Weapon carrying drones could be as easy as an Arduino processor, a GPS
> receiver, an off the shelf drone and a few hours of skilled labor.
> Scary. --J.B.
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> Jim Feeley wrote:
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> > On Aug 15, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Terence Curren wrote:
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> >> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Rich Ford<rrfedit@...> wrote:
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> >> "But oh the legal / privacy / ethical ramifications."
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> >> That was mu first thought when I started flying my ARDrone. Invasion
of privacy is all too easy, and sooner or later someone is going to strap a
bomb to one of these. Pandora's box is open.
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> > The privacy and bomb-carrying issues are real. But I'm more concerned
right now with people being unintentionally hurt by poorly-piloted drones.
I've already seen a few close calls.
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> > BTW- today NPR had a story about (some of) this:
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> > Drone Manufacturers Confident Domestic Industry Will Grow
> > by LARRY ABRAMSON
> > August 15, 2013
> > Gathering in Washington, D.C., drone manufacturers say they are
optimistic about their business, despite a downturn in defense spending.
The unmanned vehicle industry is hopeful the domestic market will open up.
But they first must address privacy concerns exacerbated by the NSA spying
scandal.
> >
> > Four minutes, including at least one kind of silly "what if" scenario:
> >
http://www.npr.org/2013/08/15/212198325/drone-manufacturers-confident-industry-will-grow
> >
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